About

Anthony Smith received a B.A. in Fine Arts from Amherst College (1999) and an M.F.A. in Painting from the University of Michigan (2001). He’s shown nationally most recently in the “Might Real/Queer Detroit Exhibit”, Detroit (2022) and in “Telling Our Story” at the David Driskell Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD. Smith has also shown in various Pennsylvania exhibitions including at the Bethlehem House Gallery in 2016, 2019, and 2022, and in “Troping the Colors, Between Painting and Sculpture” at The Center for Visual Research – Cedar Crest College, Allentown, PA (2025). He’s been reviewed in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Detroit Free Press, and the Artist’s Magazine to name a few. Smith has taught at the University of Michigan, Parsons, Princeton, MICA, Lehigh, Muhlenberg, and Kutztown Colleges. Domestically he has served as artist-in-residence at the National Academy of Design (2006 – 2008), the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, VT in 2016 and 2022 the MacDowell Residency in Peterborough NH in 2023, the Banana Factory Art Center from 2014 to 2025, and JuxtaHub from 2025-Present. Internationally, Smith traveled in January 2023 to Senegal Africa as part of the CAORC-WARC Faculty Development Seminar and to Sanquhar, Scotland as part of Kolaj Magazine’s Collage: Scotland residency program. He currently teaches art at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. He lives in Allentown Pennsylvania with a studio at the JuxtaHub in Emmaus, PA.

Education & Teaching

Amherst College, Amherst, MA (1995 – 1999) Granted BA in Fine Arts and Political Science

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (1999 – 2001) Granted MFA in Painting

Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA (2024-Present) – Art & Design Professor